A moment in scripture
Romans 7:10
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And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
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The surrounding passage
- Romans 7:8
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
- Romans 7:9
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.